JOURNAL. WE'RE EXPECTING MORE HOT, DRY WEATHER IN NEW MEXICO THIS WEEK: WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR WILDFIRES. NOW, ALBUQUERQUE FIREFIGHTERS WANT YOU TO LISTEN UP, SO YOU CAN DO YOUR PART TO PREVENT A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT'S CALLED ONE LESS SPARK, ONE LESS WILDFIRE.... IT'S ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S NEW CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT FIRE SEASON... AND HOW TO PREVENT HUMAN CAUSED, UNINTENTIONAL BUT DISASTROUS BLAZES! "We as a fire department cant handle everything and with you know the early prevention and them on board, we can stop the fires before they even start" THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, THEY STOPPED AT SEVERAL ALBUQUERQUE STORES... AND IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS - PASSING OUT BROCHURES, PAMPHLETS.. AND POSTERS! "we're prepared, we've ramped things up" ACE HARDWARE ASSISTANT MANAGER TED NICHOLS TELLS ACTION 7 NEWS HE...IS ON BOARD WITH THE CAMPAIGN. HE SAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ...THERE IS A LOT OF FIRE DANGER BEHIND SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTS ..SPECIFICALLY POWER EQUIPMENT AND CAR ACCESSORIES. "power equipment and what not, these machines when they get going, they hit rocks and metals and things and will create sparks and those stray sparks start fires." ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE USING THINGS LIKE CHAIN SAWS...AND LAWN MOWERS...NEAR WILDERNESS AREAS. ANOTHER WARNING: BE CAREFUL OF TOW CHAINS ON YOUR VEHICLE! "if you don't secure those properly they will create sparks" AFD SAYS IF YOU READ YOUR INSTRUCTION MANUEL, YOUR SAFETY PAMPHLETS AND USE EVERYTHING WITH CAUTION... "thats the key" YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. ANGELA BRAUER... KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RAMPED UP ITS FIRE PATROLS IN OPEN SPACES LIKE THE BOSQUE, AND HAS SEVERAL TRUCKS OUT AT ALL